ill-matched
Example Sentences
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Their third ill-matched roommate arrives in a gauzy, ankle-length gown and dainty gloves.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2015
It would be hard to find two words that seem so ill-matched as “Afghanistan cricket.”
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015
I think sometimes encountering an old version of yourself can be both pleasant and useful; however, my parents were so ill-matched and very few positive feelings remained on either side.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2014
Were ever a city and a sporting spectacle so ill-matched?
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012
They had made it up, those two ill-matched people—made it up, that is, after a fashion.
From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
